Watch This

That second part earned him a strongly worded memo from Major League Baseball on Friday. MLB vice president Joe Torre didn't care much for Big Papi staring down and yelling toward scorer Bob Ellis, flashing the thumbs-down signal and barking to the media after Ellis ruled an error on a ball Ortiz hit Wednesday.

“Official scorers have a job to do, and by their very nature, their decisions don’t make everyone happy. But everyone in our game deserves respect. I hope that David will meet that standard going forward, because I don’t share the same views that he expressed,” Torre said in a statement. “Official scorers should never give any benefit of the doubt to the home team. We want their best judgment, based on the rules. We have a process to review the decisions that our scorers make. Even when there are inevitable disagreements, we expect everybody to act professionally and respect the game and the integrity of our scorers.”

"People are supposed to have your back at home, and it never happens."

“You know how hard it is to get a hit, man?”

“I always look like I am the bad guy, but they always end up changing (the scoring decisions). So, don’t be just checking on Papi, check on the scorekeeper to see what he’s doing wrong. It’s something that’s getting out of control.”

Ortiz had far less to say Friday.

"I got no comment on that," he said, according to the Globe.

The Red Sox are in the midst of a 10-game road trip; the next time Ortiz can moan about a lack of home cooking will be June 30.